NHL goalie tandem for Swiss

Martin Gerber and Jonas Hiller join Swiss

Jonas Hiller will play again with Team Switzerland. Photo: IIHF/HHoF/Jani Rajamaki

TROIS-RIVIERES, Canada – Switzerland boosted its roster with goalies ousted in the first round of the NHL playoffs.

Jonas Hiller, the backup of Jean-Sébastien Giguère in Anaheim, joined the Swiss training camp in Trois-Rivières this week. Hiller was Switzerland’s top goalie at the 2007 World Championship.

Martin Gerber, who finished the season with the Ottawa Senators as the starter, will start practicing with the Swiss today. Gerber has played four World Championships and two Olympics. Gerber has an injury from the playoffs and has received therapy in Ottawa. Switzerland coach Ralph Krueger is hoping Gerber will be healthy enough to play in Quebec City.
Krueger has five rookies – Thomas Baumle, Raphael Diaz, Philippe Furrer, Peter Guggisberg and Roman Wick – on his team, while World Championship veterans as Patrick Fischer and Martin Pluss won't be in Canda. The Swiss are also missing Mark Streit, who is with the Montreal Canadiens. He was the third-best scoring defenceman of the NHL’s regular season.